I have created a backup of a main (C:) volume of my old (Windows 7) computer and I am able to mount it as a read-only volume on my new (Windows 8.1) computer.
When I try accessing a user folder under ...

Im trying to set up a windows terminal server where most users (except admin users) should have a temporary/mandatory profile.
Since in our network we only have two windows servers, I decided to not ...

I am using Windows Server 2008 and I created a Windows 7 user. I have installed all software on my Windows 7 computer, but when I restart Windows 7 it reverts to its previous state without saving my ...

We have about 70 servers that we are in the process of moving into a domain environment, so we are converting our users from local accounts to domain controlled accounts. How can we determine which ...

One strategy being considered is:
Advise users of the official locations that important working documents should be kept and that files kept in all other locations may be removed at will
each month ...

I've got a problem with my Samba 4 domain. My Version is 4.1.6-Ubuntu.
I've set logon path and created a profile share. The profiles of the windows users should be saved in this share, but it doesn't ...

We use a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory network with Windows 7 Professional clients.
After logging in a profile gets created on the computer as normal with all the usual settings, such as the ...

I am setting up a user profile for a specific application and I am getting an error that I have yet to encounter before. The error happens on with the loading of the .profile file, but the odd thing ...

We provide IT support for a small domain environment, (2008r2 domain, exchange 2010) around 12 users, most of with are mobile. We started getting complaints from the owner (its always the owner isn't ...

I'm using ubuntu server 14.04. I want to include some default files and folders in home directory for every user, whenever a new user account is created. How to make this. Can anyone help me in this. ...

Right now I use a powershell script to see the currently logged in users. But I don't see if there session is idle, active or inactive. I can see when the session was started but that's it.
Is there a ...

I've built a Windows 2012 R2 Standard x64 terminal server (session-based). Early in the setup process, I was able to log in with my Active Directory credentials, but when I turned it over for wider ...

My problem is that I just reinstalled my system and have installed heaps of packages via Chocolatey. However now when I launch powershell, something changes the fonst type and size inside the console ...

I have the weirdest thing with windows server i have ever encountered.
When i log into the IIS server i have all my pined icons in the metro interface, my task bar pinned programs and my mapped shares ...

A couple of weeks ago, we experimented with mandatory profiles for users, but due to some issues with one piece of software, we had to revert back to roaming profiles.
However, even though the ntuser ...

Microsoft have a concept called User State Virtualization (USV) this is a solution based on redirecting some of the profile folders to a central server. For laptops it also means using offline files ...

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I have a user that we were trying to get Office 365 Pro Plus installed on their computer. It kept crashing, etc. I don't want to get into all of the details here on that part...I've spent ...

I have user access (no root) into a Linux (Suse) machine where I developed some bash scripts and the corresponding bash autocompletion rules.
Since the scripts belong only to my user and therefore I ...

I have a Windows Server 2003 machine. When I delete a user, their folder remains in the Documents and Settings. Is it safe for me to delete those folders if I don't need any of the data in there? Or ...

I can't seem to find a consensus on what the differences are between the two. Roaming Profiles, Folder redirection or... both is one example. The top answer doesn't answer the question as to what data ...

So I've got my RHEL 5 servers running Likewise power broker so that I can use active directory to authenticate users. The idea was to streamline the whole process of getting new users onto a server ...

User logged on this morning. Could not get IE9 to load any web pages. Logged in under Admin and my non-admin account, works fine browsing web.
There's no extra browser toolbar things like Ask, Google ...

We are closing one of our offices and I have to move a handful of workstations to our user's homes. Since AD is no longer reachable, I assume I have to dis-join them from the domain first? What will ...

I have a CentOS 6.2 server.
Whenever some one logs into the server using the terminal (SSH) the user profile (.bash_profile) is loaded.
Now my question is, is there a profile that loads whenever you ...